A&M International Presents Benefit Dance
Concerts Jan. 20-22

The Texas A&M International University Dance Department
will present three benefit dance concerts featuring the music of
Ottmar Liebert and the Gipsy Kings Jan. 20, 21, and 22 at the
Laredo Little Theatre, 4802 Thomas Avenue.

Each "An Evening with Ottmar Liebert and the Gipsy
Kings" will begin with a Wine and Cheese Reception, courtesy
of Esteban Ventura and Time Warner Communications, from 7:15 - 8
p.m. The concert will follow at 8 p.m.

Featured performers will be A&M International's Classical
Spanish Ballet Troupe with a guest appearance by guitarist
Roberto Cruz III.

Admission is $10 per person and proceeds will help fund
student scholarships and travel to the American College Dance
Festival.

Reservations may be made by calling 326-2640 or 727-0935.
Tickets, printed courtesy of Juan Garza and Print X Press, may
also be purchased before the event from members of A&M
International's Classical Spanish Ballet Troupe. If seating is
available, tickets will also be sold at the door.

Concert director Bede Leyendecker, assistant professor of
dance at A&M International, said the concert promises to be a
spectacular event.

"The concert will feature 22 dancers and the sounds of
their heelwork on the wooden stage will be truly powerful. The
program will range from the classical, to more traditional
flamenco and will highlight the more modern pieces choreographed
to the music of Ottmar Liebert and The Gipsy Kings. It will be a
delightful program," noted Leyendecker.

Ottmar Liebert music to be featured in the concert includes
"Women Walking" and "Duende del Amor."

Featured music by the Gipsy Kings includes "Peces En El
Rio," "Volare," "Bailame," plus
"The Best of the Gipsy Kings Medley."

The concert will also feature dances performed to traditional
flamenco music such as "El Garrotin,"
"Alegrias," and "Tanguillos De Cadiz."
Completing the program are pieces titled "La Leyenda Del
Beso," "La Vida Breve," "La Boda de Luis
Alonzo," "Silueta," a solo titled
"Duende"performed by Elizabeth Nuņez to the poetry by
Rose Rodriguez Rabin, and two guitar solos.